accused of scalding her stepchild.. causing his death. good evening, i'm rob williams. and i'm tricia macke. right now investigators are trying to figure out what exactly happened inside this boulder drive fox19 now's mike with more. my mind.. 1keila "he was a great kid. he was a sweet boy." keila milligan says she thought the world of 4-year-

2keila "it broke my heart. it broke my husband's heart." keila says the youngster had a ton of energy 3keila "he liked to play bal, play with puppies.just run around and ride his bike." but something happened inside this franklin home tuesday night that police say caused his step mom...anna ritche...to emerse the boy's legs into a scalding hot bath tub as a punishment 5russ "she made the admittance that, its all my fault." franklin police chief...russ whitman says austin's father and step mom have no criminal history. 3russ "not aware of any issues that would have sent up red flags." authorites say bed early his father the next morning.... 911-1 your emergency? boulder drive. dispatch:" ok, what's going on?" father:"i think my son died." 911-2 dispatch: "he's not he got into a hot bath last night with my wife and she thought he's be okay, so he said he wanted to go lay down in bed." some words of parent who may not a stressfull

"call a friend, call a police, call somebody to give you a break away ever take it out on a 4keila that's what kids do. so, kid should ever have to like that, especially, you know, not austin either. he was a terrific little boy." right now...anna ritchie is charged with felony child endangering...but ritchie is charged with felony child endangering...but chief whitman says he expects that charge to be upgraded now that the warren county coroner has ruled the little boy's reporting live from franklin...mike schell fox19 now. thanks mike... more details are tomorrow when court. latest on air, fox19 now mobile app. weather now animation we've got somewhat of an odd weather alert to bring you

about a red flag alert.... chief meteorologist steve horstmeyer joins us now... steve what are we talking about? a red flag warning is in effect for the tri-state north of the ohio river until 8pm. a red flag warning means because of low humidity and gusty winds there is an elevated risk of brush fires. nws wilmington issues one about once a year despite the fact that ground litter and soils are very wet and the risk of a quickly spreading fire is absolutely not like the western states where wildfires are a real threat. much colder air will return to the region over the weekend. on saturday and sunday, daytime highs will struggle to climb out of the 40s and both madness and saint patrick's day... right now local bar owners are gearing up for one of the busiest

fox19 now's robert guaderrama spent the day with bar managers and state troopers who have a stern warning for drivers tonight. don't test your luck. intro: st. patty's day and march madness collide here at nicholson's in downtown cincinnati. you can see it's very busy and they tell me it's been like this all day long. with the extra crowds, comes the added attention on those who may have had a little too much to drink. nat pop "wooooooo." many reasons to celebrate. dan bennett "we get a chance to spend some time together and you know, have a couple drinks." jill dickert culture, wearing green and drinking beer." but at the center of the festivities: nat pop gary smith, the manager of nicholson's tavern and pub in downtown says his team has a plan in action to ensure time. he says it starts gary smith tavern & pub "today we emphasize it even more, because people may think it's too busy to notice but that

the increased staff at nicholson's also watches out for excessive drinking. gary smith gm, nicholson's "if we notice that someone's had 2-3 drinks, the server tells the manager and we swing by the table, talk to them and feel them out." if a buzzed customer hasn't arranged a safe ride home, the bar will call a cab. "we'll even pay for the cab every once in a while, if it comes to the point where they lost their wallet or something like that." but if the customer decides to get behind the wheel, ohio state highway patrol are on the lookout for drunk drivers. ohio david grooms sgt. ohio state highway patrol "we do have increased manpower out today and through the weekend, we are going to focus on impaired driving." and for those who are the designated drivers, there are some perks. gary smith gm, nicholson's "free coca-cola, coffee, water, whatever they want, we try to make them feel special as well." tag: and a friendly reminder from the hamilton county sheriff, take a look at what he posted on facebook today, the picture reads "we don't want your four-leaf clover to look like

is most certainly in downtown, robert now. madness finally here... we decided to the big dance as u-c and xavier look after a long joe danneman and jeremy rauch join us live from saint louis with more. guys what's the scene like tonight? pretty calm here right now - xavier is one of the last team on the court shoot-arounds. let's take you inside where xavier is practicing right now. they are the two seed and one of the favorites to make a deep run. their fans are pumped up. "i think there's gonna be a lot more xavier fans in st. louis than there would be in oklahoma city or spokane that's for sure. alumni base and recruitment base so

cincinnati, indianapolis, chicago to be part of this exciting run. more xavier fans than u-d fans? for sure." the mantra inside the locker room is 40 minutes to houston - we'll explain later in this show. reporting live in st. louis joe and jeremy fox19 now. breaking now animation breaking now...

learned that a man has been indicted in the investigation were fired at the tower building last rayshawn herald is charged with was used. whether authorities think herald was the shooter. you may remember all of this... the shootings happened four times over an 8 day period beginning on the night of january 19th of 2015. there will be a news conference tomorrow to address the situation. we will be there. right now... former subway spokesperson jared is facing new allegations.... but this time.. it comes from a local family... we'll outline the new lawsuit next. plus... "it would mean the world to me to get it back." a former bengals legend demands to know who stole his a-f-c championship ring.. we just got off the phone with the guy who put it on e-bay. we'll tell you what he has to say next. steve... steve cam 4

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finally won the missouri primary. senator bernie sanders has conceded the race that was so close tuesday.. a winner could not be determined. bengals legend ickey woods is asking for help... after his a-f-c championship ring that was stolen 25 years ago... showed up on ebay! take a look at his facebook post from earlier this week... showing the ad for the ring that he got after the bengals beat the bills in 1988. today we caught up with ickey... who

it back. "oh it would mean the world. like i said, something i worked hard for, i sweat, i bled, you know cried, you know worked hard to get that, it's mine..." just a few hours ago, we reached out to the ebay seller who wouldn't give out their name... but said they had no idea it was stolen. now they're working with police to get it back. hate to say it... but this weather is too good to be true.... live now animation rob roof cam it's incredible to think that this wonderful scene outside... could soon have snowflakes in it! the chief.. steve horstmeyer has the timetable.. next. a lawsuit's been

against former subway spokesman and convicted sex offender jared fogle.. and two others. the suit claims the girl, who's a minor, stayed at the home of russell and angela taylor in indianapolis various times between 2011 and 2015. russell ran fogle's charity. during that time... russell allegedly installed hidden cameras at his home to film the child naked. after that, police say russell gave that footage to fogle! fogle now faces another charge of receiving child porn. live now animation let's give you a live look now at the scene in dublin ireland... where as you can see... st patricks day celebrations are in full swing! we've been looking at this camera throughout the day... it's pretty much looked this busy the whole time. and it's also gonna be a busy night here in the tri-state.... from classic pubs to fountain

from classic pubs to fountain square... even at u-s bank arena... there's a lot going on for the holiday. so earlier today, we went around to some of the popular spots... where many didn't wanna wait until nightfall to get the party started. "st patricks day is an amazing time to not adults. i get up early in the morning, putting this kind of makeup on. dressing like this you know, i just feel like a kid. i know exactly. mostly drinking, a little bit of watching, but mostly drinking. leprauchans don't play basketball, we're too short. you can't drink all day unless you start in the morning. happy st. paddy's day. i love it! first time i've ever been. it's not like your typical bar night. it's like day drinking. what do you

weather now animation should be a good night to go out right steve? steve weather a red flag warning is in effect for the tri-state north of

tonight we're gonna find out which finalists make it to the top five! "music for 5 seconds" la'porsha renae seems like a favorite with the judges... but tonight... the viewers are gonna have their say in who moves on! you gotta watch it live at 8. march madness is here... and we've already got plenty to talk about. let's check in again with joe danneman live in st. louis! joe? and a reminder... fox19 now is once again teaming up

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the news doesn't stop when we go off air... here's a look at what's trending now. you might not believe it... but doctors across the country say they see a huge spike in vasectomies ahead of march madness! hear why.... and an alabama woman finds her

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